Thats not how you pronounce it? Huh.

That’s so sweet Maya! All good things to you in the new year!

Can’t wait for this trainwreck of a year to be over.

Love right back atcha! 

I’ve been going with the same principles as Beneduct Camerbatch...

Boot Edge Edge; it’s Maltese; his father was from Malta. Lord knows half of his campaign in the beginning was telling us how to say his name. lol

BOOTY-JUDGE

I’ve been saying it Boo-je-jouge. 

Same, I've known how to pronounce it properly for MONTHS but my brain is basically like "nope bacon sandwich, fuck you"

So it’s pronounced “Boot-edge-edge”. I didn’t have the faintest clue.

Yep, I love love love A Christmas Carol and get very protective of it (it’s the literature nerd in me). The Guy Pearce version doesn’t adhere to the text of the novella (neither does the Alastair Sim version, although there’s less variance) but it adapts it in a way that really picks up Dickens’ social criticisms. And…

That sounds like a lovely way to spend the holiday. I’ve had an Ikea printed tree (a sheet of fabric with a photo-realistic tree printed on it) for the last 8 years or so and it’s great cos I just fold it up and put it in a box with my pins and ornaments when the season is over. I wasn’t up for putting it up this year…

Thank you, Maya! ❤️ I’m hoping your 2020 is filled with happiness and all good things! Sending you love! ❤️❤️❤️

My heart breaks for people who take their own lives. That level of despair, it’s overwhelming, I imagine. The pain. So, so sad. 

Thank you.

I really liked that adaptation, and I’m a major (as in, it’s been what I’ve watched every Christmas Eve for 28 years, and as often as possible before that) Alastair Sim Christmas Carol fan. People weren’t getting it when they got angry that somehow the new version is an insult to Dickens. Because a)Dickens was not…

Hi Maya—I’m late to the party and didn’t know there would be an open thread last night but Merry Christmas (and happy Boxing Day). I’m glad you found some goodness in the day.

Love to you Bunny, I’m also grateful for our community, it’s a fantastic group of people.

I unexpectedly had the best Christmas ever! I’ve been dreading Christmas a bit more than usual this year because I’ve been pretty fucking down because:

So glad to be past Christmas. So many painful memories, so much sadness, mixed with emotions about seeing presently feeble, elderly parents, everything simmers together and tortures my mind. Plus my ancient cat had a seizure this morning.